A woman Major has levelled sexual harassment allegations against a Lt Colonel, posted in the armoured division in Patiala, following which the Army has launched a probe, it has been learnt.

“The complaint by the woman officer is against a Lt Col and is under investigation as per policy of the Indian Army,” the Headquarters Western Command, Chandigarh , told the The Indian Express .

The matter came to light on Friday (October 24) when a former officer of the Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Department, Colonel Mukul Dev (retd) made a post on X alleging that a case of sexual harassment/assault had been reported in writing to the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the armoured division by a woman officer.

Col Dev alleged that instead of constituting an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC

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